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 | Russia's Unkown Heroes  [E] Two clear thinking men chose not to strike with a nuclear missile.  |
| (4.5)  "Anniversary Reviews" is celebrating A QUARTER CENTURY of Writing.Com! I picked this article because I'm interested in history and I'm interested in Russian history. When I was 17, I took a Russian History class in my senior of high school. That was 1985. I have been interested in Russia and it's history ever since. This article tells the story of two occasions when Soviet military personal could have made a decision to launch nuclear missiles. The stories are concise and to the point, but paint a dire picture and scenarios where launching nuclear missiles would have been justified. In both scenarios, cooler heads prevailed. I enjoyed reading this article and learning about these stories concerning Russian history. I was not aware of either of these stories so you can bet I'll be researching on my own. Good call to list the references for the article. My only suggestion would be add to bit more emotional depth to the officers who had to make the decision. Tell something personal about them. I don't need to know an indepth history, but just a little something more. Were they historians? How did they get selected for their jobs? Why were they trusted to these positions? As a reader and historian, I'm very curious about Petrov and Arkhipov. Overall, this was a very informative and educational article and I'm glad to find it. A Bee Hive February Anniversary Review
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